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' M. GARL.

TELEPHONIN G FROM CARS. No. 565,385. Patented Aug. 4, 1896.

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M. GARL. TELEPHONING FROM CARS.

No. 565,385. 5 Patented Aug. 4, 1896.

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HAN-IOUS GARL, OF AKRON, OHIO.

TELEPHO NING FRO M CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 565,385, dated. August4,1896.

Application filed January 10, 1896. Serial No. 574,969. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, MANIOUS GARL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Telephoning from Cars;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the numerals of referencemarked thereon, in which- Figure 1 is a View showing two poles properlyconnected and illustrating a car standing with a telephone locatedtherein, also showing a field-telephone properly attached. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section of the connectingpole, showing the telephone-linesin position to be connected to the bottom or lower end of the pole. Fig.3 is a view showing one of the wire connections. Fig. at is a viewshowing a portion of a pole, showing the field-box connected thereto,and illustrating the telephonepole attached thereto. Fig. 5 is a frontelevation of a field-box designed to be attached to a pole or post. Fig.6 is a vertical section of the field-box.

The present invention has relation to devices designed for telephoningfrom cars to the office or other fixed locations; and it consists in thenovel arrangement and construction hereinafter described.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawwas.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 represents the line pole or posts whichare arranged in the ordinary manner. Within the car is located atelephone, such as 4, which telephone may be temporarily attached, or,if desired, said telephone may be permanently fixed at any desired andconvenient point within the car.

To the telephone 4 are attached the wires 5, which wires are connectedin the ordinary manner and lead away from the telephone.

6 represents an ordinary take-up wire, which may be constructed in theordinary manner, to which wire are attached the wires 7, which wires areattached to the bottom or lower end of the pole 8, which pole isprovided with the wires 9, said wires being preferably located withinthe longitudinal opening 10, substantially as illustrated in Fig. 2. Thebottom or lower ends of the wires 9 are connected to the posts 11, whichposts are connected to the bottom or lower end of the pole 8 and are soarranged that the coupling 12 can be easily attached to said post.

The wires 9 extend upward through the pole 8 and are connected to themetallic arms 13 by means of the screws 14 or their equivalents. Thearms 13 are inclined upward and their upper or outer ends are bent orcurved, so as to form the hooks 15, which hooks are for the purposehereinafter described.

The field box or casing 16 may be substan' tially of the form shown inFigs. 1,4, 5, and 6, and, as shown, it is attached to the linepole 1 ata point where it will be of easy access to connect the pole 8, ashereinafter described. The box or casing 16 is provided with themetallic bars or wires 17, which wires are for the purpose of suspendingthe pole 8 by means of the arms 13 and the hooks 15.

In use, when it is desired to call telephone 18, which is the one to belocated in the oflice or other fixed or permanent place, from telephoneat, which is the one located in a car, the pole 8 is connected to thewires 3 by means of the arms 13 and the hooks 14, substantially asillustrated in Fig. 1, thereby bringing telephones 4 and 18 intocircuit, after which a call is made in the ordinary manner.

It will be understood that the wires 7 should be of sufficient length topermit the pole to be carried to the side of the track to connect itwith the wires 3. The circuit here described allows the telephone toremain in the car during the time a conversation is carried on between aperson in the car and a person in the office or other permanent place.

It will be understood that at the time the telephones a and 18 are incircuit the car is to remain stationary. If in the event it is desiredto remove telephone gt from the car, it can be attached to a polesupporting the line and the telephone-pole 8 connected by means of thewires 7 with the telephone attached either to the wires 3, asillustrated in Fig. 1, or to the bars 17, which bars are located in thebox or housing 16. The wires or bars 17 are connected to the wires 2 bymeans of the wires 19, which wires may be located substantially asillustrated in Fig. 1, or, if desired, the wires 19 may be attached tothe wires 3, thereby bringing telephone 20 into circuit with telephone18.

It will be understood that wires 2 are to be attached to a telephonelocated at some fixed place to complete the circuit between telephone 20and the fixed telephone.

For the purpose of providing a convenient way of connecting thefield-telephone 20 with the home or office telephone the line-poles 1are provided with the hooks 21, which hooks are for the purpose ofsuspending telephone 20, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

For the purpose of deadening the sound when telephone 20 is attached topole 1, or, in other words, cutting out the sound-waves in pole 1, thesprings 22 and 23 may be provided, which springs are locatedsubstantially as illustrated in Fig. 1, said springs being substantiallythe same and may be the same as the ones used when the telephone isattached to the car.

It will be understood that in use telephone 4 and telephone 20 may bethe same instrument, but is shown in two locations.

For convenience in bringing field or line telephones into circuit withthe home or office telephones the boxes or housings 16 may be located atintervals along the line between the termini of the road.

For the purpose of convenience in using the pole 8,when the wires 7 areformed of considerable length, the hooks 24 are provided, which hooksare for the purpose of providing a means for wrapping the wires 7,thereby providing a convenient means of transporting the wires 7 and thepole 8 together.

For the purpose of providing a convenient means for attaching the pole 8independent of the box 16 the drop-hooks 25 maybe provided at intervalsalong the line, and are located substantially as illustrated in Fig. 1.

For the purpose of providing means for quick and easy attachment of thewires 7 to difiierent telephones, or attaching or detaching from thesame telephone, the posts such as 26 are provided.

It will be understood that the springs 22 and 23 should be insulated forthe purpose of better cutting out the sound-waves from the pole 1.

Ilaving fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a portable telephone, having attached theretowires, a portable pole provided with wires located in the path ofcircuit, arms 13, bent or curved outward at their upper ends andconnected to the wires 9, a field box or casin g located in the path ofcircuit between a portable telephone and a stationary telephone, andbars or wires 17, located within the box or casing and in the path ofcircuit, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of a portable telephone and a stationary telephone, aportable pole provided with curved arms or hooked outer ends, a box orcasing located in the path of circuit between the portable telephone anda fixed telephone, and metallic bars adapted to engage with the hookedends of the arms connected to the pole, all arranged substantially asdescribed and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

MANIOUS GARL.

\Vitnesses:

W. T. SAWYER, J'. V. VELSH.

